You might consider this a trick question, but, actually, I'm just nudging you outside the box. You've seen at least a zillion ladder bar cars. Okay, here's the question: Have you ever seen a ladder bar car with only one ladder?

OK, you guys are either pulling my leg or you don't want to take the time to reply. Of course you've seen cars with a single ladder bar! Ford and Chevy made millions of them. These were the old "torque tube drive" cars. The "torque tube" was a ladder bar. Yeah, it contained the driveshaft, but picture one of those old cars with an open driveshaft and the "tube" off to one side and pivoting from the chassis instead of the back of the transmission. It then becomes recognizable as a ladder bar car, a ladder bar car with only one ladder. But, look at this as more than a trick question. The modern ladder car actually needs only one ladder. Ford prevented rotation about the Z axis with a Panhard; Chevy did it with leaf springs. A modern ladder bar car would probably use a Panhard. Of course, it comes down to a choice, but, as a follower of the KISS principle, I would consider a single ladder the logical choice.

Considering all the cars on the road, the 3llink has been around longer than the 4link. However, I don't believe very many realized how it could be used to cancel the unloading of the right rear on acceleration. An exception, of course, is Jaguar's C-Type.

Considering all the cars on the road, the 3llink has been around longer than the 4link. However, I don't believe very many realized how it could be used to cancel the unloading of the right rear on acceleration. An exception, of course, is Jaguar's C-Type.

You can still run an anti-roll/sway bar with a 3 link just the same as wit a 4 link.

Also, my friend X braced his bottom 4 link bars togther on his heavy T/S - Q/16 car and it works like a dream. It has an anti-roll / sway bar in it too.